"The distance between an international student and their homeland is strangely poetic, as the bond stretches beyond oceans, yet it is never severed."
A look into growing up with immigrant guilt and how it affects my day-to-day life.
Loving two countries, cultures, and homes is challenging. Being born in one country and living in another means acknowledging a life that could have been vastly different if your...
As we get older and our lives get busier, we forget about the fact that tomorrow is not guaranteed. Our daily routines, plans, and obligations consume us and we...
My experience as a child of Turkish immigrants.
Growing Up and Growing Closer: My Relationship with My Immigrant Mother
‘Uwi na’: A bittersweet sentence I have been hearing from aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and distant loved ones since I was a kid. It translates to ‘come home already’.
We dream about going back to our homelands until we actually do, and the illusion shatters…
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at TAMU chapter.Immigration is an issue that is discussed at length in the world of politicians. We...
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UC Irvine chapter.As an immigrant, there is a special type of hurt that crawls up your...